Dean Sapp is a cybersecurity leader with deep experience in security, privacy, and risk management. He serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer at Filevine, where he leads the company’s enterprise security program.
In this role, Dean focuses on protecting sensitive data while supporting the growth of one of the fastest-growing legal technology platforms in the country. His work helps ensure that security supports both compliance and business performance.
Dean’s career spans executive CISO roles, virtual CISO consulting, and hands-on security engineering. As a result, he brings both strategic leadership and technical depth to modern security programs.
Throughout his career, he has built and improved security programs in SaaS, legal technology, and other highly regulated industries. In addition, he has led initiatives aligned with major security frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR.
Dean is known for translating complex security requirements into clear business priorities. Instead of treating cybersecurity as a purely technical issue, he helps leaders understand risk in practical and measurable ways.
On Go Beyond the Connection, Dean shares a pragmatic perspective on managing cyber risk as a business decision. He explains how organizations can use meaningful security metrics and strong governance to guide leadership decisions. Ultimately, his focus is on building security programs that protect data, strengthen trust, and support long-term growth.
When cybersecurity fails, it’s not just a technical issue—it’s a business disaster. In this episode of Go Beyond the Connection, Dean Sapp, Chief Information Security Officer at Filevine, shares why building a strong cybersecurity business strategy is critical for protecting revenue, customer trust, and brand reputation. Dean reveals how cybersecurity must be seen as a growth driver, not a cost center.
